Hat-fastener.



G. ULRICH.

HAT FASTENER.

121 1101171011 mum 11111.1, 1912. RENEWED MAR. 27, 1914. 1,095,752L

Patented May 5, 1914,

WIT IVESSES ATTORNEYS GEORGE ALFRED ULRICH, OF MEXICO, MEXICO.

HAT-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented May 5,1914.

Application filed March 1, 1912, Serial No. 680,818. Renewed March 27, 1914. Serial No. 827,772.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE ALFRED UL- RICH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Mexico, Mexico, have invented a new and Improved Hat-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to means for holding hats in place and particularly to an improved structure for holding hats in place without using the ordinary pin.

The object in View is to provide an improved structure carried by a hat for clamping against the hair, or combs fastened in the hair, for holding the hat properly in position on the head.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spring device designed to be secured interiorly of the hat and to resiliently press against combs fitted into the hair, the springs being associated with manually operated means'extending from the hat, which simulate the usual hat pin, and which carry any usual or desired ornament.

In carrying out the objects of the invention, a spring horseshoe-shaped in construction is secured to the hat at either the front or back or top, or other desired position, so that the ends thereof may clasp combs positioned in the hair for holding the hat in position. Stub pins are secured to the ends of the springs and extend outward through the hat. To the ends of these stub pins may be secured the usual heads or ornaments found on the ordinary hat pin now in use.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section through a hat showing in elevation an embodiment of the invention, the figure of a persons head being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the guiding eyelets and stub pins; Fig. 3 is a section through a hat showing in top plan view an embodiment of the device, the section being taken approxi mately on the line 33 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a side view of a comb embodying certain features of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates any desired kind of hat, to which is secured a spring 2 having ends 3 and 4 extending to a substantially central point in respect to the hat for engaging combs 5 and 6 positioned in the hair 7. The extreme outer ends of the spring 2 are formed substantially arc-shaped for fitting the contour of the combs, which are formed of arc-shaped portions 8 and a curved base portion 9, from which project the teeth 10. The ends 3 and 4 are formed with base portions 11 and 12 for co-acting with the base portion 9 of the combs 5 and 6. In order to cause a proper fitting action, the ends 3 and 4 areeach provided with an inner lining 13 of rubber, preferably comparatively soft, which will grip or stick to, in a certain sense, the combs 5 and 6, and consequently hold the hat firmly in position, though without any considerable strain thereon. Secured to the ends 3 and 4 are stub pins 14 and 15 respectively, which pass through eyelets l6 and 17. The pins 14 and 15 carry ornaments 18 and 19 at their outer ends in the usual manner of the ordinary pin. These ornaments may be of any desired kind and shape.

In mounting the device in a hat the same may be secured at the top or any desired point around the sides. The securing of the spring 2 to the hat 1 is preferably done by stitching 20, though other securing means may be provided. In using the device, the combs 5 and 6 may be left in the hair after the hat 1 is removed, or themselves removed, as desired. WVhen placing the hat on the head the combs are first placed in position in the hair and then the ornaments 18 and 19 are grasped and the pins 14 and 15 pulled outward for spreading the spring 2, whereby the ends 3 and 4 may easily fit over the combs 5 and 6. After the hat has been properly adjusted on the head the arms 18 and 19 are released, whereupon the spring 2 will press against the combs and hold the hat properly in place.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a hat fastener of the class described, a pair of combs adapted to fit into the hair of a person using said hat,.an arc-shaped back fitted to said combs, a yielding covering for the outer surface of each of said backs, said yielding covering frictionally and removably engaging said combs, a spring member formed with outer ends curved so as to fit the backs of said combs,

said curved outer ends being secured to said yielding covering whereby said combs and said spring are removably connected together, means for securing said spring to a hat, and manually operated means connected to said spring and extending beyond said hat whereby said spring may be disengaged from said combs in order to remove the hat.

2. In a fastener for hats, the combination with a hat of a supporting resilient member formed with arc-shaped ends, a rubber inner facing for each of said arc-shaped ends, a plurality of combs formed With arcshaped backs fitting said rubber facings,

said rubber inner facings connecting said combs to said resilient member whereby said combs hold said hat in position, and means connected with said spring near the ends thereof for manually disengaging said facings from said combs.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

GEORGE ALFRED ULRICH.

itness/es:

N. ARcos, FRED H. GUYANT.

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